Biography:

Geologist, educator. Born– Oct. 27, 1841, in Prattville, Ala. Parents– Samuel Parrish and Adelaide Julia Smith. Married– Jane Henry Meredity Garland on July 10, 1872. Children– Five. Education– University of Alabama, A.B.; University of Heidelberg, Germany, A.M., Ph.D.; also attended Universities of Berlin and Goettingen. Served in Confederate Army 1862-1865; assistant in Geological Survey at University of Mississippi, 1868-1877; professor of chemistry and mineralogy at University of Alabama, 1871-1873; state geologist for Alabama, 54 years beginning 1873; president of Geological Society of America in 1913. Elected to Alabama Hall of Fame, 1953.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.

Publication(s):

Concerning Oil and Gas in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1917.

A General Description of the Climate, and of the Geological, Topographical and Agricultural Features of the Cotton-Producing States. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1884.

Geological Map of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1904.

Geological Structure and Description of the Valley Regions adjacent to the Cahaba Coal Field. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Printing Co., 1890.

Geological Survey of Alabama; Report for the Years…. Montgomery, Ala.; W. D. Brown, 1873- (Title of the reports varies.)

The Iron Ores of Alabama. Salem; s.n., 1879.

List of the Ores and Minerals of Industrial Importance, Occurring in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; W. D. Brown, 1884.

Mineral Industries of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Printing Co., 1925.

Oil Prospecting in Mobile County. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama, 1917.

On the Phosphates and Marls of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Smith, Alfred & Co., 1892.

Outline of the Geology of Alabama. Mobile, Ala.; Mobile Register, 1878.

Sketch of the Geology of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; Roberts & Sons, 1892.

Tertiary and Cretaceous Strata of the Tuscaloosa, Tombigbee, and Alabama Rivers. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1887.

The Underground Water Resources of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Printing Co., 1907.

Joint_Publication(s):

The Cement Resources of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Printing Co., 1904.

Index to the Mineral Resources of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1904.

A Preliminary Report on the Upper Gold Belt of Alabama, in the Counties of Cleburne, Randolph, Clay, Talladega, Elmore, Coosa, and Tallapoosa. Montgomery, Ala.; J. P. Armstrong, 1896.

Report on the Cahaba Coal Field. Montgomery, Ala.; The Brown Printing Co., 1890.

Report on the Geology of the Coastal Plain of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Printing Co., 1894.